Jeanette C. Lahtinen, 91, of
515 E. Vaughn St., Ironwood, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in
Ironwood.      The former Jeanette C. Durand was born Oct.
27, 1919, in Gile, Wis., daughter of the late Fred and Sophie (Wenas) Durand,
attended grade school in Gile and Montreal, and graduated from Lincoln High
School in Hurley. She attended St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Ashland, Wis.
and became an Accredited Record Technician, certified by the American Medical
Record Association.      She was employed as nurse/receptionist for
Allen C. Gorrilla, M.D. in downtown Ironwood, and was Director of Medical Record
Services at Grand View Hospital, retiring in June 1981. She then was a medical
record consultant at Villa Maria Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hurley
and Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, retiring in Nov.
1986.      Jeanette was a life-long member of Salem
Lutheran Church in Ironwood, the Salem Choir, and Women of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of America (WELCA), and was a former Sunday School teacher. She
was a past member of the American Medical Record Association and its component,
the Michigan Medical Record Association; past president of the Upper Peninsula
District of the Michigan Medical Record Association; past member of St. Joseph
Hospital Nurses Alumni Association and Allied Health Care Services-Gogebic
Community College; charter member and past president of the Grand View Hospital
Auxiliary; past member of Eagle Bluff Country Club; a gold star sister with the
Auxiliaries to Hurley American Legion Post 58 and Iron County Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1580; and a member of the Range Diabetes Association and Ben's
Breakfast Bunch.      On July 3, 1940, she was married to Leo H.
Lahtinen at Salem Lutheran Church by the late Rev. Carl Brostrom. Leo preceded
her in death on Oct. 8, 1987.      Surviving are a daughter, Carole (Bruce)
Eppolite, and son, Fredrick (Sandra), both of Ironwood; five grandchildren,
Lorie (Bob) Janssen, Green Bay, Wis., Jeffrey (Tami) Eppolite, Nokesville, Va.,
Marisa Kaukola (Mark), Ishpeming, and Travis Lahtinen and Cassie Lahtinen
(Nathan), both of Marquette; seven great-grandchildren, Zachary and Joshua
Janssen, Kayla, Korey and Kadie Kaukola, Dawson Reid Eppolite and Courtney
Brooke Eppolite; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friend, Ellen Santini,
of Ironwood.      Besides her parents and husband, she was
preceded in death by two brothers, Staff Sgt. Frederick Durand and Douglas
Durand; a sister, Grace Collins; two nephews, Douglas Collins and James Douglas
Durand; two nieces, Mary Grace Rahn and JoAnn Bergquist;
brothers-and-sisters-in-law, Joe and Ivey Zarimba, Elaine Durand, Arthur
Collins, and Eino and Lorraine Lahtinen; and special friend, Guido
Gentile.      Out of respect for Jeanette's wishes,
cremation has taken place.      Memorial services will be held Friday, Oct.
14, at 11 a.m., at Salem Lutheran Church in Ironwood, with the Rev. Bill
Jacobson officiating.      Committal will take place at the church, with
luncheon to follow in the church fellowship hall.      Private inurnment will be in Riverside
Cemetery, Ironwood.      Relatives and friends may call at the church
from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday.      To view Jeanette's obituary online, sign her
guestbook or offer condolences, visit
mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick
Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Ironwood.      I look not back, I look not forward, I look
not round me, I look not inward- but I look up into the face of Jesus, for there
my heart can rest, my fears are stilled and there is joy and love
and light for darkness and perfect peace and every hope fulfilled.
Amen.